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Amazonian Geographies
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Author : Jacqueline Vadjunec
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-16
Amazonian Geographies written by Jacqueline Vadjunec and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-16 with Science categories.
Amazonia exists in our imagination as well as on the ground. It is a mysterious and powerful construct in our psyches yet shares multiple (trans)national borders and diverse ecological and cultural landscapes. It is often presented as a seemingly homogeneous place: a lush tropical jungle teeming with exotic wildlife and plant diversity, as well as the various indigenous populations that inhabit the region. Yet, since Conquest, Amazonia has been linked to the global market and, after a long and varied history of colonization and development projects, Amazonia is peopled by many distinct cultural groups who remain largely invisible to the outside world despite their increasing integration into global markets and global politics. Millions of rubber tappers, neo-native groups, peasants, river dwellers, and urban residents continue to shape and re-shape the cultural landscape as they adapt their livelihood practices and political strategies in response to changing markets and shifting linkages with political and economic actors at local, regional, national, and international levels. This book explores the diversity of changing identities and cultural landscapes emerging in different corners of this rapidly changing region. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Cultural Geography.
Sacred Geographies Of Ancient Amazonia
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Author : Denise P Schaan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-06-16
Sacred Geographies Of Ancient Amazonia written by Denise P Schaan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-16 with Social Science categories.
The legendary El Dorado—the city of gold—remains a mere legend, but astonishing new discoveries are revealing a major civilization in ancient Amazonia that was more complex than anyone previously dreamed. Scholars have long insisted that the Amazonian ecosystem placed severe limits on the size and complexity of its ancient cultures, but leading researcher Denise Schaan reverses that view, synthesizing exciting new evidence of large-scale land and resource management to tell a new history of indigenous Amazonia. Schaan also engages fundamental debates about the development of social complexity and the importance of ancient Amazonia from a global perspective. This innovative, interdisciplinary book is a major contribution to the study of human-environment relations, social complexity, and past and present indigenous societies.
Intimate Frontiers
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Author : Felipe Martínez-Pinzón
language : en
Publisher: American Tropics Towards a Lit
Release Date : 2019
Intimate Frontiers written by Felipe Martínez-Pinzón and has been published by American Tropics Towards a Lit this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
A collection of multinational scholarly contributions on various cultural aspects of the Amazon region in the 20th century.
Brazil The Amazons And The Coast
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Author : Herbert Huntington Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
Brazil The Amazons And The Coast written by Herbert Huntington Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Amazon River Valley categories.
The Fate Of The Forest
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Author : Susanna B. Hecht
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2011-01-15
The Fate Of The Forest written by Susanna B. Hecht and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-15 with History categories.
The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometers, amid the territories of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet’s remaining rain forest. Is it truly in peril? What steps are necessary to save it? To understand the future of Amazonia, one must know how its history was forged: in the eras of large pre-Columbian populations, in the gold rush of conquistadors, in centuries of slavery, in the schemes of Brazil’s military dictators in the 1960s and 1970s, and in new globalized economies where Brazilian soy and beef now dominate, while the market in carbon credits raises the value of standing forest. Susanna Hecht and Alexander Cockburn show in compelling detail the panorama of destruction as it unfolded, and also reveal the extraordinary turnaround that is now taking place, thanks to both the social movements, and the emergence of new environmental markets. Exploring the role of human hands in destroying—and saving—this vast forested region, The Fate of the Forest pivots on the murder of Chico Mendes, the legendary labor and environmental organizer assassinated after successful confrontations with big ranchers. A multifaceted portrait of Eden under siege, complete with a new preface and afterword by the authors, this book demonstrates that those who would hold a mirror up to nature must first learn the lessons offered by some of their own people.
Mapping The Amazon
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Author : Amanda M. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2021-05-01
Mapping The Amazon written by Amanda M. Smith and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
'Smith’s investigation focuses rigorously on the aesthetic complexities of these texts to demonstrate how, in a way even the authors themselves sometimes do not suspect, new ways arise of understanding their power of eco-criticism. [...] Smith’s contribution is this call, like few today, to awaken new energies in the literary and cultural criticism about the Amazon precisely because she has her feet grounded in the harsh history of the region, while her eyes are focused on different future possibilities for the region.' Felipe Martínez-Pinzón, ReVista
Forest Structure Function And Dynamics In Western Amazonia
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Author : Randall W. Myster
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2017-01-03
Forest Structure Function And Dynamics In Western Amazonia written by Randall W. Myster and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-03 with Science categories.
The Amazon Basin contains the largest and most diverse tropical rainforest in the world. Besides the Andes and the Atlantic Ocean, the rainforest is bounded to the north by the Guiana crystalline shield and to the south by the Brazilian crystalline shield, marked at their edges by cataracts in the rivers and often dominated by grasslands. This book is motivated not just by the Amazon's scientific interest but also by its role in many ecosystem functions critical to life on Earth. These ecosystems are characterized both by their complexity and their interactive, higher-order linkages among both abiotic and biotic components.Within Amazonia, the Western Amazon (west of 65° latitude) is the most pristine and, perhaps, the most complex within the Amazon Basin. This Western Amazon may be broadly divided into non-flooded forests (e.g. terra firme, white sand, palm) and forests flooded with white water (generally referred to as várzea) and with black water (generally referred to as igapó). Here, for the first time, is a book devoted entirely to Western Amazonia, containing chapters by scientists at the forefront of their own areas of expertise. It should be a valuable resource for all future researchers and scholars who venture into Western Amazonia, as it continues to be one of the most beautiful, mysterious, remote and important ecosystems on Earth.
Developing The Amazon
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Author : Emilio F. Moran
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Developing The Amazon written by Emilio F. Moran and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
The amazon basin: problems and potential of a vast rain forest. Tropical rain forest ecosystems. Aboriginal use of amazonian resources. The impact of colonialism and an extractive economy. Migration to the amazon. Types of settlements and types of migrants. The use of forest resources in the transamazon. Agriculture in the transamazon. Social and intitutional life. Health, diet, and disease. Levels of analysis in Amazonian research.
Amazonian Geographies
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Author : Jacqueline Vadjunec
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-16
Amazonian Geographies written by Jacqueline Vadjunec and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-16 with Science categories.
Amazonia exists in our imagination as well as on the ground. It is a mysterious and powerful construct in our psyches yet shares multiple (trans)national borders and diverse ecological and cultural landscapes. It is often presented as a seemingly homogeneous place: a lush tropical jungle teeming with exotic wildlife and plant diversity, as well as the various indigenous populations that inhabit the region. Yet, since Conquest, Amazonia has been linked to the global market and, after a long and varied history of colonization and development projects, Amazonia is peopled by many distinct cultural groups who remain largely invisible to the outside world despite their increasing integration into global markets and global politics. Millions of rubber tappers, neo-native groups, peasants, river dwellers, and urban residents continue to shape and re-shape the cultural landscape as they adapt their livelihood practices and political strategies in response to changing markets and shifting linkages with political and economic actors at local, regional, national, and international levels. This book explores the diversity of changing identities and cultural landscapes emerging in different corners of this rapidly changing region. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Cultural Geography.
The Amazon
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Author : Michael Pollard
language : en
Publisher: Evans Brothers
Release Date : 2010
The Amazon written by Michael Pollard and has been published by Evans Brothers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Presenting fascinating information about one of the largest rivers in the world, this guide also contains insight on the countries through which it flows. Readers will discover more about the first Amazonians and the European conquest. They will also find out about the people and wildlife that live in the rainforest along its banks, and learn more about the threats to their way of life and to the rainforest itself.